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Lucentis

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Lucentis,
a trademark for ranibizumab.


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Macular degeneration, a disease that causes blindness in 200,000 Americans each year, can be treated with one of two drugs, Lucentis or Avastin, but there's no head-to-head evidence to show which one is better, or which one is best for a particular patient.
Ranibizumab is marketed under the name Lucentis by its maker Genentech of South San Francisco, Calif.
In addition, the recent launch and approval of a selection of products which include Exjade (deferasirox), Prexige (lumiracoxib), Xolair (omalizumab), Exforge (valsartan+amlodipine), Lucentis (ranibizumab) and Tekturna (aliskiren), should offset the decline in sales of a number of Novartis' strategic products.
 
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